Introduction On Quantile Hedging The PDE Characterization

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Introduction

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The PDE Characterization

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Consider a financial market with a bond B(·) = 1 and d stocks X = (X1 , · · · , Xd ) which satisfy for i = 1; · · · d,   P dXi (t) = Xi (t) bi (X (t))dt + dk=1 sik (X (t))dWk (t) . (1) Let H denote the collection of all trading strategies. For each π ∈ H and initial wealth y ≥ 0, the associated wealth process will be denoted by Y y ,π (·).

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The Problem

In this paper, we want to determine and characterize The Problem V (T , x, p) = inf{y > 0|∃π ∈ H s.t.P{Y y ,π (T ) ≥ g (X (T ))} ≥ p} , where g : (0, ∞)d 7→ R+ is a measurable function.

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Related Work In the case where p = 1 and g (x) = x1 + · · · + xd , V (T , x, 1) = inf{y > 0|∃π ∈ H s.t.Y y ,π (T ) ≥ g (X (T )) a.s.}. In Fernholz and Karatzas (2010), a PDE characterization for ˜ (T , x, 1) := V (T , x, 1)/g (x) was derived when V (T , x, 1) is V assumed to be smooth. In Bouchard, Elie and Touzi (2009), a PDE characterization of V (t, x, p) was derived. Assumptions: rather strong, e.g. existence of a unique strong solution of (1); main tool used: Geometric dynamic programming principle.

Under the No-Arbitrage condition, they recovered the solution of quantile hedging problem proposed in Follmer and Leukert (1999). Yu-Jui Huang

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Related Work

In our paper, we will also have a PDE characterization for V (t, x, p), but We only assume the existence of a weak solution of (1) that is unique in distribution; We admit arbitrage in our model.

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Assumptions Assumption 2.1 Let bi : (0, ∞)d → R and sik : (0, ∞)d → R be continuous functions and b(·) = (b1 (·), · · · , bd (·))0 and s(·) = (sij (·))1≤i,j≤d , which we assume to be invertible for all x ∈ (0, ∞)d . We also assume that (1) has a weak solution that is unique in distribution for every initial value. P Let θ(·) := s −1 (·)b(·), aij (·) := di=1 sik (·)sjk (·) s atisfy d Z X i

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|bi (X (t))| + aii (X (t)) + θi2 (X (t)) < ∞.

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Consequences of Assumptions We denote by F the augmentation of the natural filtration of X (·). Thanks to Assumption 2.1, every local martingale of F has the martingale representation property with respect to W (·) (adapted to F). the solution of (1) takes values in the positive orthant the exponential local martingale  Z t  Z 1 t Z (t) := exp − θ(X (s))0 dW (s) − |θ(X (s))|2 ds , 2 0 0 (3) the so-called deflator is well defined. We do not exclude the possibility that Z (·) is a strict local martingale.

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Introduction

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The PDE Characterization

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Let g : (0, ∞)d → R+ be a measurable function satisfying E[Z (T )g (X (T ))] < ∞.

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We want to determine V (T , x, p) = inf{y > 0|∃π ∈ H s.t. P{Y y ,π (T ) ≥ g (X (T ))} ≥ p}, (5) for p ∈ [0, 1]. We will always assume Assumption 2.1 and (4) hold.

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Lemma 3.1 We will present a probabilistic characterization of V (T , x, p). Lemma 3.1 Given A ∈ FT , (i) if P(A) ≥ p, then V (T , x, p) ≤ E[Z (T )g (X (T ))1A ]. (ii) if P(A) = p and ess supA {Z (T )g (X (T ))} ≤ ess inf Ac {Z (T )g (X (T ))}, (6) then V (T , x, p) = E[Z (T )g (X (T ))1A ]. Yu-Jui Huang

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Propositions 3.1 & 3.3 Proposition 3.1 Fix (x, p) ∈ (0, ∞)d × [0, 1]. There exists A ∈ FT satisfying P(A) = p and (6). As a result, we have V (T , x, p) = E[Z (T )g (X (T ))1A ]. Let M := {ϕ : Ω → [0, 1] is FT measurable s.t. E[ϕ] ≥ p}. Using Proposition 3.1, we give an alternative representation of V Proposition 3.3 V (T , x, p) = inf ϕ∈M E[Z (T )g (X (T ))ϕ]. This will facilitate the PDE characterization in the next section. Yu-Jui Huang

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Introduction On Quantile Hedging The PDE Characterization

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Introduction

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On Quantile Hedging

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The PDE Characterization

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The Value Function U

V (T , x, p) = inf ϕ∈M E[Z (T )g (X (T ))ϕ]. Define the value function U(t, x, p) := inf E[Z t,x,1 (T )g (X t,x (T ))ϕ], ϕ∈M

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where X t,x (·) denotes the solution of (1) starting from x at time t, and Z t,x,z (·) denotes the solution of dZ (s) = −Z (s)θ(X t,x (s))0 dW (s), Z (t) = z.

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V (T , x, p) = U(0, x, p).

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U(t, x, p)

/ w (t, x, q)

1. : Legendre transform of U w.r.t. p.

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e The Functions w and w Consider the Legendre tranform of U with respect to the p variable w (t, x, q) := sup {pq − U(t, x, p)}, (10) p∈[0,1]

Define the process Q t,x,q (·) by Q t,x,q (·) :=

1 , q ∈ (0, ∞). Z t,x,(1/q) (·)

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Then we see from (9) that Q(·) satisfies dQ(s) = |θ(X t,x (s))|2 ds + θ(X t,x (s))0 dW (s), Q t,x,q (t) = q. Q(s) (12) Yu-Jui Huang

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e (conti.) The Functions w and w Define the function e (t, x, q) := E[Z t,x,1 (T )(Q t,x,q (T ) − g (X t,x (T )))+ ] w e. By Proposition 3.1, we can show that w = w e as the superhedging price of Interpret w t,x,q (Q (T ) − g (X t,x (T )))+ ; then it potentially solves 1 1 e + Tr(σσ 0 Dx2 w e )+ |θ|2 q 2 Dq2 w e +qTr(σθDxq w e ) = 0. (13) ∂t w 2 2 where σik (x) := sik (x)xi .

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e (conti.) The Functions w and w

However, the covariance matrix is degenerate! Indeed, setting   s(·)d×d , v (·) := θ(·)01×d degeneracy can be seen by observing that v (x)v (x)0 is only positive semi-definite for all x ∈ (0, ∞)d .

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The Plan...

U(t, x, p)

/ w (t, x, q) = w e (t, x, q) 

eε (t, x, q) w 1. : Legendre transform of U w.r.t. p. e. 2. : Elliptic regularization for w

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Elliptic Regularization

For any ε > 0, introduce the process Qεt,x,q (·) which satisfies dQε (s) = |θ(X t,x (s))|2 ds +θ(X t,x (s))0 dW (s)+εdB(s), (14) Qε (s) where B(·) is a one-dimensional B.M. independent of W (·). Define the function ¯ t,x,1 (T )(Qεt,x,q (T ) − g (X t,x (T )))+ ], eε (t, x, q) := E[Z w

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Assumption 4.1 θi and σij are, for all i, j ∈ {1, · · · , d}, locally Lipschitz. Applying Ruf [2010, Theorem 2], we obtain Lemma 4.1 eε ∈ C 1,2,2 ((0, T ) × (0, ∞)d × (0, ∞)) Under Assumption 4.1, w satisfies the PDE 1 1 eε + Tr(σσ 0 Dx2 w eε ) + (|θ|2 + ε2 )q 2 Dq2 w eε + qTr(σθDxq w eε ) = 0, ∂t w 2 2 (15) with the boundary condition eε (T , x, q) = (q − g (x))+ . w

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The Plan...

U(t, x, p)

/ w (t, x, q) = w e (t, x, q)

Uε (t, x, p) o

eε (t, x, q) w



1. : Legendre transform of U w.r.t. p. e. 2. : Elliptic regularization for w eε w.r.t. q. 3. : Legendre transform of w

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The PDE for Uε

eε w.r.t. the q variable Consider the Legendre transform of w eε (t, x, q)} = sup{pq − w eε (t, x, q)}. Uε (t, x, p) := sup{pq − w q≥0

q∈R

Introduce a geometric Brownian motion Lε (·) which satisfies dLε (s) = εLε (s)dB(s), s ∈ [t, T ] and L(t) = 1. Then Lε (·) attains any interval on the positive real line with positive probability. Using this property, we show that eε (t, x, q) is strictly convex in q. w

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The PDE for Uε (conti.) Proposition 4.4 Under Assumption 4.1, Uε ∈ C 1,2,2 ((0, T ) × (0, ∞)d × (0, 1)) satisfies 1 0 = ∂t Uε + Tr [σσ 0 Dxx Uε ] 2   1 + inf (Dxp Uε )0 σa + |a|2 Dpp Uε − θ0 aDp Uε 2 a∈Rd   1 2 0 + inf |b| Dpp Uε − εDp Uε 1 b , 2 b∈Rd

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where 1 := (1, · · · , 1)0 ∈ Rd , with the boundary condition Uε (T , x, p) = pg (x). Yu-Jui Huang

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The Plan...

U(t, x, p) O

/ w (t, x, q) = w e (t, x, q)

Uε (t, x, p) o

eε (t, x, q) w



1. : Legendre transform of U w.r.t. p. e. 2. : Elliptic regularization for w eε w.r.t. q. 3. : Legendre transform of w 4. : “lim inf ε→0 Uε = U” & “Stability of viscosity solutions.”

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The PDE for U

For any (x, β, γ, λ) ∈ (0, ∞)d × R × R × Rd , define   1 2 0 0 G (x, β, γ, λ) := inf λ σ(x)a + |a| γ − βθ(x) a . 2 a∈Rd Also, consider the lower semicontinuous envelope of G G∗ (x, β, γ, λ) :=

lim inf

˜ γ ,λ)→(x,β,γ,λ) ˜ (˜ x ,β,˜

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The PDE for U (conti.) By using the stability of viscosity solutions, we have Proposition 4.5 Under Assumption 4.1, U is a lower semicontinuous viscosity supersolution of 1 0 ≥ ∂t U + Tr [σσ 0 Dxx U] + G∗ (x, Dp U, Dpp U, Dxp U), 2 for (t, x, p) ∈ (0, T ) × (0, ∞)d × (0, 1), with the boundary condition U(T , x, p) = pg (x),

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Uniqueness??

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Characterize U further We characterize U as the smallest nonnegative l.s.c. viscosity supersolution to (19) with the boundary condition (20) among a particular set of functions. Proposition 4.7 Suppose Assumption 4.1 holds. Let u : [0, T ] × (0, ∞)d × [0, 1] 7→ [0, ∞) be such that u(t, x, 0) = 0, u(t, x, p) is convex in p, the Legendre transform of u w.r.t. p is continuous on [0, T ] × (0, ∞)d × (0, ∞). Then, if u is a lower semicontinuous viscosity supersolution to (19) on (0, T ) × (0, ∞)d × (0, 1) with the boundary condition (20), then u ≥ U. Yu-Jui Huang

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References B. Bouchard, R. Elie, and N. Touzi, Stochastic target problems with controlled loss, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 48 (5) (2009), pp. 3123–3150. D. Fernholz and I. Karatzas, On optimal arbitrage, Annals of Applied Probability, 20 (2010), pp. 1179-V1204 ¨ llmer and P. Leukert, Quantile hedging, Finance H. Fo Stoch., 3 (1999), pp. 251–273. J. Ruf, Hedging under arbitrage, tech. rep., Columbia University, 2010. Available at http://www.stat.columbia.edu/∼ruf/.

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